Bug#509582: still puszed how a non maintainer handled the criticity while not responding to problem

Eric Valette eric.valette at free.fr
Tue Dec 23 19:02:05 UTC 2008


Eric Valette wrote:
> Josselin Mouette wrote:
>> Le mardi 23 décembre 2008 à 18:52 +0100, Eric Valette a écrit :
>>> Bug#509582: still puszed how a non maintainer handled the  criticity
>>> while not responding to problem
>> 1) I am one of the maintainers.
>> 2) This bug is not critical. This severity means “breaks the whole
>> system” or “root security hole”. This bug:
> 
> NO NO NO: breaks unrelated software. Look at the criteria given using
> reportbug!

Here is the exact message :

1 critical        makes unrelated software on the system (or the whole
system) break, or causes serious data
                  loss, or introduces a security hole on systems where
you install the package.


It is or the whole system inside parenthesis. You should read more
carefully!

--eric







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